Contemporary dance in the Bay Area has a fresh and exciting contender in Tether Dance Project (Tether), co-directed by Tatianna Steiner, Ella Wright, and Teo Lin-Bianco, a trio of recent UC Berkeley graduates.  Recognizing the hard-realities of limited space and financial resources, compounded by the diminished arts funding, these enterprising artists launched Tether to support young and upcoming artists.  Their first production Flux & Form  at the Joe Goode Annex November 14

Free dance in a sublime open-air setting, on a perfect fall morning, is literally what dreams are made of, if you are me.    As I cross the wooden entry bridge into Golden Gate Park’s Japanese Tea Garden, my senses are enlivened. I am here, on this first Tuesday in November for the 10:15 a.m. showing of Sharp and Fine’s Stories and Dreams .  I am curious to see what working in an outdoor public space with a shortened development phase has inspired from Co-Directors Megan and

Recalling the close proximity, quality, and urgency of the dancers’ movements, my body vibrates with possibility. Revelations rise as I...

FACT/SF’s Summer Dance Festival  brings together an array of contemporary dance works by choreographers from the Bay Area and beyond. The...

ODC Theater’s annual State of Play (SOP) festival offers Bay Area a snapshot of the contemporary performance field. Arriving in the...

The loss of a loved one is an utterly personal and yet universal experience.  With Heart String , a reflection on Grief + Love + Death ,...

The Sunday, May 5th 5 p.m. performance by Alonzo King LINES Ballet at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco blew my socks...

Following the listed address for the Woodside Performing Arts Center, my GPS sends me to a gated mansion, but with persistence I find it...

The social safety net is being torn asunder.  The courts, the schools, the labs, the libraries, and the centers for art are being...

The Queering Dance Festival returns to Counterpulse March 27 -29 with eight Bay Area LBGTQ+ artists across two programs as part of...

One of the most revered international performance groups, the Batsheva Dance Company, is making its long-awaited Cal Performances debut...

“Ten world premieres, by our dancers, on our dancers!” Amy Seiwert, Artistic Director of Smuin Contemporary Ballet, enthused in her...

“Quintessentially Tharpian” is what I would have titled the Twyla Tharp Dance program, presented February 9 - 11 in Berkeley by CAL...

On the eve of Inauguration Day 2025, San Francisco’s Herbst Theatre is full to the brim with 900-plus patrons, a vast majority of us are...

When Dorrance Dance comes to town, a tappin’ good time is bound to unfold. And such was the case for the Bay Area premiere of The...

Circus Bella’s lighted marquee beckons circus goers approaching from the Embarcadero or Salesforce Pak. Carnaval carts with popcorn,...

Smuin Contemporary Ballet’s  The Christmas Ballet  is the ideal way to ring in the holidays. A bountiful selection of dances performed to...

As we enter the season of gratitude, the presence of SFDanceworks in the Bay Area is at the top of my list.  Their Season 7 tryptic,...

Invited to join the fun, we stomp, clap and shout ‘alright,’ in a call and response ritual that harks across oceans and time. Faces...

RAWdance, known for crafting thought-provoking contemporary works, is a mainstay of the Bay Area dance scene.  Co-Artistic Directors...